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Lot 426
AN ARTIFICIAL STONE FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES
ATTRIBUTED TO AUSTIN & SEELEY, MID-19TH CENTURY
Closed1 April 2014
Price Realised
GBP 4,000
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Specialist note
The marble original of this model was excavated in 1792 on Prince Borghese's property at Gabii, outside Rome, by Gavin Hamilton. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, and was displayed in the Louvre, Paris, where it remains today.